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Research Organization Registry (ROR)

California Digital Library, Crossref, DataCite
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About

Launched: 2019
Record Updated: Oct 04, 2024
Persistent identifier service
The Research Organization Registry (ROR) is a global, community-led registry of open persistent identifiers for research organizations. ROR makes it easy for anyone or any system to disambiguate institution names and connect research organizations and funders to researchers and research outputs.

Mission

ROR makes it easy for anyone or any system to disambiguate institution names and connect research organizations and funders to researchers and research outputs.

ROR is the first and only organization identifier that is freely and openly available (CC0 data available via an open REST API and public data dump), specifically focused on identifying affiliations in scholarly metadata, developed as a community initiative to meet community use cases, and designed to be integrated into open scholarly infrastructure.

Key Achievements

  • ROR is currently integrated in 70+ systems to address a range of use cases

  • ROR's API receives approximately 25 million requests per month

  • ROR is the recommended institutional identifier in a growing set of national open science policies and PID strategies around the world

    • Technical Attributes

    Maintenance Status

    Actively Maintained

    Open Code Repository

    Implemented
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    Technical Documentation

    Implemented
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    Code License

    Implemented

    Open API

    Implemented
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    Open Data Statement

    Implemented
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    Open Product Roadmap

    Implemented
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    Technical Attribute Statements

    Technology Readiness Level

    • Actual system proven in operational environment

    Code Licenses Used

    • MIT License

    Content Licensing

    All ROR IDs and metadata are provided under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. There are no restrictions on access to and use of ROR IDs and metadata.

    Content on the ROR website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    ROR code is publicly available on Github under a MIT License.

    Standards

    Integrations

    ROR is integrated in numerous scholarly communications platforms and services (see adopter registry).

    Community Engagement

    Community Engagement

    Implemented

    Contribution Guidelines or Fora

    Implemented
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    Community Statements

    User Contribution Pathways

    • Contribute funds
    • Contribute to code
    • Contribute to documentation
    • Contribute to education or training
    • Contribute to working groups or interest groups

    More About Community Engagement

    Community Engagement Activities:

    ROR is community-supported, community-driven, community-funded open infrastructure. The community-based aspect of ROR sets it apart from similar efforts in this space.

    The wider ROR community includes users and stakeholders from around the world and across many types of institutions and industries, including publishers, libraries, platform providers, university research offices, data repositories, CRIS systems, government agencies, funders, and more. Community members engage with ROR and with fellow community members through its Community Advisory Group, bimonthly community calls, Steering Group, and Curation Advisory Board, as well as through more informal community discussion forms.

    ROR published an analysis of its alignment with the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure in December 2020.

    Policies & Governance

    Governance Summary

    ROR is operated as a collaborative initiative by California Digital Library, Crossref, and DataCite. The three ROR governing organizations collectively assume and share responsibility for ROR governance, operations, resourcing, and decision-making. These responsibilities are defined in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).

    Policies

    Bylaws

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    Privacy Policy

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    Governance Records

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    Governance Structure & Processes

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    Policy Statements

    Board Structure

    • Advisory board or steering committee

    Community Governance

    • Formal

    Additional Information

    Organizational History

    https://ror.org/about/#history

    Organizational Structure

    Business or Ownership Model

    Fiscal sponsorship (non-profit)

    Current Affiliations

    • California Digital Library, Crossref, DataCite

    Funding

    Funding Needs

    ROR's core operating expenses are supported by its three operating organizations. ROR receives additional ad hoc contributions from stakeholder organizations and these funds are used to accelerate and scale ROR's activities.
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